Clark

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #377 for boys in 2025, 837 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#175
1881 · 66 births
Debut · boys
1880
49 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
50,851
since 1880

Clark over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clark has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #175, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,32518#377837
2024#5,96220#437726
2023#6,68017#439709
2022#6,98416#427729
2021#4,96426#396794
2020#5,31423#387793
2019#5,61222#389805
2018#5,78521#376855
2017#6,04420#381861
2016#7,23016#378867
2015#7,61315#372868
2014#13,0697#383814
2013#9,03612#456617
2012—#551473
2011#13,3477#619385
2010#16,9925#695335
2009—#708336
2008—#695341
2007#13,9247#631385
2006—#692323
2005#14,5026#791245
2004—#727262
2003—#791220
2002—#809211
2001—#818201
2000—#760218
1999—#724226
1998—#735222
1997#13,7245#666245
1996—#642261
1995—#607285
1994—#634268
1993#11,7806#635264
1992#9,4918#621276
1991—#583303
1990—#536342
1989#12,3625#519341
1988—#514319
1987—#518301
1986#10,9125#491318
1985—#517284
1984—#480302
1983#10,2755#465323
1982—#487305
1981—#521260
1980—#533261
1979—#548243
1978—#574213
1977—#512256
1976—#581197
1975—#535224
1974—#572197
1973—#522227
1972—#477272
1971—#451324
1970—#418381
1969—#387411
1968#7,0165#376426
1967#4,6259#344469
1966—#324528
1965—#300624
1964—#304668
1963—#287729
1962#6,5785#271798
1961—#268879
1960—#317608
1959—#307632
1958—#293670
1957#6,0865#299638
1956—#276709
1955—#255724
1954—#262717
1953—#273646
1952—#274637
1951—#268634
1950—#262624
1949#5,2445#273595
1948—#287551
1947—#281596
1946—#279523
1945#4,5565#289424
1944—#283437
1943#4,1966#270503
1942—#245538
1941—#262456
1940—#272427
1939—#276396
1938—#240488
1937—#260433
1936—#254437
1935—#280376
1934—#262429
1933—#273370
1932—#304336
1931—#358243
1930#4,5505#359255
1929—#367243
1928—#379240
1927—#334293
1926—#359264
1925—#358272
1924—#351283
1923#4,9675#321328
1922—#317326
1921—#301357
1920#4,9755#332308
1919—#301327
1918#3,8697#308327
1917—#275345
1916—#278336
1915—#296289
1914—#286242
1913—#288191
1912—#256187
1911—#33468
1910—#29171
1909—#32151
1908—#29654
1907—#32443
1906—#27053
1905—#28448
1904—#27746
1903—#26349
1902—#35531
1901—#23752
1900—#23075
1899—#24646
1898—#27942
1897—#22258
1896—#23758
1895—#24553
1894—#24050
1893—#24650
1892—#22361
1891—#26936
1890—#23351
1889—#22651
1888—#26245
1887—#21054
1886—#24349
1885—#24545
1884—#22755
1883—#23745
1882—#22254
1881—#17566
1880—#23649
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clark was already there! It came in at #236, and was given to 49 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 32 boys a year got the name.

See more about Clark
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 60 spots since 2024 (#437 → #377)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#387 → #377)
  • 5 spots since 2015 (#372 → #377)
  • Biggest jump: 99 spots in 2006 (#791 → #692)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1902 (#237 → #355)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #175 (66 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,526
  • Highest: 1 in 1,526 boys born in 1881 were named Clark (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,041 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 13.5% of all boys named Clark (6,880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s513#175 (1881)#228
1890s505#222 (1897)#244
1900s502#230 (1900)#286
1910s2,383#256 (1912)#291
1920s2,914#301 (1921)#342
1930s3,763#240 (1938)#287
1940s5,050#245 (1942)#274
1950s6,631#255 (1955)#277
1960s6,140#268 (1961)#318
1970s2,534#418 (1970)#519
1980s3,014#465 (1983)#505
1990s2,692#536 (1990)#638
2000s2,742#631 (2007)#742
2010s6,880#372 (2015)#460
2020s4,588#377 (2025)#411

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Clark in 1968

girls
#7,016
5 births · 1 in 328,078 girls
boys
#376
426 births · 1 in 4,080 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #7,016Clark5

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #376Clark426
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 328,078 of them was named Clark, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clark
  1. #6,246Zipporah6
  2. #6,246Zonia6
  3. #6,246Zonya6
  4. #7,016Clark5
  5. #7,016Abelina5
  6. #7,016Adah5
  7. #7,016Adaline5

Tied with 1,182 names at #7,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 4,080 of them was named Clark, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clark
  1. #373Lyle434
  2. #374Morris429
  3. #375Isaac427
  4. #376Clark426
  5. #377Lamont423
  6. #378Garry422
  7. #379Alejandro421
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →